Shows Like The Amazing World of Gumball

Direct sequel/revival from creator Ben Bocquelet with returning cast, set in the same Elmore universe.

Official spinoff mini-series featuring the same characters, voice cast, and tone.

Cartoon Network contemporary with surreal humor, slacker energy, and constant reality-bending shenanigans aimed at the same audience.

Cartoon Network peer that shares Gumball's absurdist worldbuilding, mixed-media weirdness, and surprisingly heartfelt friendship core.

Cartoon Network show set in a quirky suburban world with a ridiculous cast of classmates and slice-of-life chaos similar to Elmore Junior High.

Cartoon Network classic with mixed-media surrealism, oddball animation styles, and absurd-meets-scary tone Gumball directly homages.

Contemporary kid-show centered on a mild protagonist and chaotic friends, with comparable humor and gentle heart.

Family-friendly absurdist comedy with sci-fi gags and a wholesome sibling/family dynamic, though less surreal than Gumball.

Same-era Disney action-comedy with rubbery animation, fast jokes, and absurdist sensibility appealing to Gumball fans.

Anarchic cat-and-friend duo with grotesque visual gags and reality-warping humor that influenced Gumball's style.

Kid-led wish-fulfillment comedy with rapid-fire absurdity and supernatural classmates, similar comedic register.

Cartoon-cat sibling-rivalry premise overlaps superficially, but the tone is broader and less inventive than Gumball.

Same era of loud, kid-targeted absurd comedy about two oddball best friends, though widely considered weaker.

Kid-genius sci-fi comedy with school setting and goofy friends, but more conventional than Gumball's anything-goes style.

Family-comedy premise with absurd weekly hijinks, vaguely in the same Disney/Nick orbit but tonally tamer.

Cartoon-cat domestic comedy with light fourth-wall play; shares the cat-protagonist hook but not the surreal world.